About Michael
Michael Harland is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage fear, anxiety and related problems. He works with people who feel stuck by phobias, anxiety, stress, low mood or difficulties with relationships and identity. Michael aims to make the first steps simple and straightforward so a worried parent or individual can see what to expect.
He uses depth-based listening that pays close attention to feelings beneath the surface. Talk is a tool to follow emotion rather than to bypass it.
Background and approach
This way of working can help uncover patterns that keep worries and avoidance alive, including issues linked to abandonment, attachment and body image. Michael also draws on mindfulness practices to help ground people in the moment. Mindfulness exercises are used in sessions to reduce panic and to make sensations less overwhelming.
He balances this with psychodynamic thinking to look at how past experiences influence present fears and relationship difficulties. With five years of experience and BACP registration, he offers a calm, reflective space for people exploring anxiety, trauma-related worries, ADHD challenges, addictions, grief and career concerns. He can also support those dealing with chronic illness, parenting strain or intimacy-related questions.
Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged online by following the site process. International clients are welcome, and Michael will explain how the approach can be tailored to practical needs and goals.
How Michael combines depth work and online therapy
Michael uses mindfulness practice to help people notice bodily sensations and lessen panic or overwhelm. Mindfulness can help when phobias, sleep problems or anxiety flare up by offering simple attention and breathing exercises to use in the moment.He also uses psychodynamic ideas to explore how past experiences shape current fears and relationship patterns. This approach looks for repeated themes - for example around abandonment or attachment - so you can make different choices in daily life.
Finding the right approach is a joint effort. Michael will work with each person to decide whether mindfulness, psychodynamic exploration or a blend of both fits best. He adjusts the pace and focus to match your goals and practical needs.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video lets you see facial cues and work face-to-face, phone can be useful when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can suit short check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, care duties or travel.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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